Contemporary Landscape: Carol Lee of Paper Magazine and Blogger, Katy Hamer on Tree Project exhibition

Hiroshi Sunairi's botanical show featuring installation and photographs is going to be wistful and uplifting. He has collected seeds of Hibaku trees, which are indigenous to Hiroshima and survived the bombings, distributed them to nearly 400 people around the world and kept up on their progress.

Go to the full article at http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2009/12/spencer_sweeney_hiroshi_sunair.php

Hiroshi asked me to participate in the Tree Project and I've been growing a Roundleaf Holly, which is the only one to have sprouted in the project! The plant (although teeny tiny) will be on view along with the other trees. Hope to see you there!

http://eyes-towards-the-dove.blogspot.com/2009/12/hiroshi-sunairi-leur-existence-tree.html

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THE HAPPY, HAPPY END 26 - Alberto and new Hibaku seeds in Argentina

Hiroshi I just send photos my greenhouse coach suggest me to gently place away the sprouts one from each other, so their roots do not get entangled I do so very gently, and they seem to like it very much is amazing, all the little leaves that are flourishing, also how these sprouts are so green bright at the sunlight kind Alberto

Hiroshi Sunairi: My Tree Project!

My Tree Project! A sturdy sprout towering but I forgot which seed I planted here...either Ginkgo or Chinese Hackberry seed of the trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima!! -Hiroshi Sunairi

HIBAKU GINKGO TREE IN ELEPHANT FOOT FOR "SOUND OF MUSIC" AT NYU

THE SOUND OF MUSIC War, beauty, and survival Vanessa Albury, Jesse Bransford, Jacob Cohen, Mila Geisler, Pamela Jue, Caroline Polachek, Max Razdow, Hiroshi Sunairi Curated by Jan Van Woensel During the Cold War, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) planned to broadcast The Sound of Music on radio in the event of a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom. The show would be part of an emergency timetable of programs designed to "reassure" the public in the aftermath of the attack. An altered, simplified and popular version of the life of Maria Augusta von Trapp (1905 – 1987) is depicted in the 1965 movie musical The Sound of Music . In Salzburg, Austria, before the outbreak of the Second World War, Maria wedded naval commander Georg Ritter von Trapp. Partly due to strong economic pressures from Germany, the family lost their fortune in 1935. To survive, the Trapps sent away most of their servants, moved into the top floor of their house, and rented the empty rooms to s...

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